MISTER FADED GLORY
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Monthly Archives: March 2006
Grungedown No. 21
It may be light here for a few days — even though baseball begins LIVE on Monday (And, true to absolute form, I’m excited for the Cubs season even though I have no rational reason to be), it’s going to … Continue reading
Well, now Billy Packer is going to get to see George Mason
You see? There is good in college basketball! It’s very easy as a spectator to fall in love with an underdog, a Cinderella, or the little guy. Is George Mason University — the largest public school in Virginia — any … Continue reading
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Real tourney update
Rather than bore you with a tired tale from my trip to the Kansas hinterlands (A store clerk freaked out at my American Express Blue card; the clear construction clearly befuddled her), I’m back on the sports ‘wagon. Sure, the … Continue reading
Posted in Iowa Hawkeyes, Sports Media, Syracuse
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Grungedown No. 22
So it’s spring today, supposedly, yet after a balmy winter, my ridiculous shell of a state is bathed in a blizzard/rainstorm. In the immortal words of William Shatner, sometimes irony, well, it can be pretty ironic. 22. Green River, Swallow … Continue reading
Insert knife, slice, rinse, repeat
Mister Faded Glory is taking a break from sports. If you were waiting for a baseball preview or missives about the Cubs, please don’t continue to hold your breath. However, in full countdown spirit, MFG reveals the top-10 worst losses … Continue reading
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Everything has to end badly, otherwise it wouldn’t end
Didn’t I say they’d be drained? Far be it from me to criticize. Gerry McNamara‘s game featured lots of mistakes by the Orange, and an altogether foreseeable finish. An overseeded ‘Cuse squad and an underseeded A&M team, combined with the … Continue reading
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My bracket
Okay, so I’ve given up. No, not on you caring how the hell I fill out my bracket. I’m practically pulling my hair out (especially in that godforsaken Duke region) But I’ve got one final methodology. Simple — who I … Continue reading
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Grungedown No. 24
I’m trying to do a bracket a day. I just filled out my second, and crumpled it up, because I had a Final Four of Iowa, Memphis, North Carolina, and Boston College. No way all those flawed teams are going, … Continue reading
Bracket thoughts
No one jumps out from this year’s NCAA field. Not one team. Personally, I’m high on Villanova, but not even so high that I’m totally comfortable they’ll make the Sweet 16. I typically do a first-shot projection when the brackets … Continue reading
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Nantz Rantz
Well, I’ve alluded to it twice already this weekend, but Billy Packer and Jim Nantz were on some sort of ridiculous crusade to prop up the power conferences (perhaps prompted by CBS) exacted with the subtlety and intelligence of a … Continue reading
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Other shoe.
As I’m taking a long, calculated, extended break from the NFL, this post is going to be short. The Indianapolis Colts have just lost their MVP. Though it seemed as though they were attempting to arrange their salaries in order … Continue reading
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What a weekend
Someone upstairs must know I sit on the precipice of my annual four-weekend-long “Various In-Law Manufactured Event in the Sticks April,” and has decided I deserve a weekend in which Syracuse improbably cut down the nets in the Big East, … Continue reading
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Champs Again
I’ve always had a twinge of guilt rooting for Syracuse. Why this team? Why me? What drew me to them? I have no real ties to the school, save for a couple of applications for both undergrad and law school … Continue reading
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Last time I checked, they don’t play tournament games at Carver Hawkeye Arena
“Last time I checked, they don’t play tournament games at Carver Hawkeye Arena,” chortled Seth Davis during CBS’ struggling coverage of the Big Ten semifinals on Saturday. Now, as readers of this site, you know that Syracuse is my childhood … Continue reading
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Charmed Life
When I was twelve years old or so, I used to dream about someday playing for the Syracuse Orangemen. I used to dribble up and down my neighbors’ driveway, practicing three-pointers, free throws, and jump shots as though I had … Continue reading
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